The Cavegirls JV had their chances, but poor shooting kept Carlsbad from completing the comeback against the Lovington Lady Wildcats as they fell 35-27.

"It's frustrating when we have good shots on the outside. We were getting double and triple teamed out there and looking for the open girl," Carlsbad coach Paul Gomez said.

Carlsbad kept the Lady Wildcats in check in the first half defensively as the visitors scored 11 in both quarters, but the offense was unable to find its rhythm as they trailed 22-13 going into the intermission.

The Cavegirls found themselves trailing by nine points to start the second half but neither squad could find the basket in the first three minutes of the third quarter before Lovington extended their lead into double digits.

Carlsbad couldn't find a way to get easy offense as the Lady Wildcats forced them into jumpers and lower percentage shots from distance.

The lack of consistent offense didn't allow the Cavegirls to level things up, but a late scoring surge capped off with Crystal Fuentes knocking down a three-pointer and the Carlsbad defense cut the lead to 23-27.

But the Cavegirls only managed to score four points in the final quarter as Lovington slowly pulled away.

"We felt like we had the momentum, we just couldn't score in the fourth inside or outside," Gomez said.

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